Soundcraft by Harman introduces the Vi1000 digital mixing console. Representing the culmination of the achievements and feature sets offered by Soundcraft’s Vi Series, the new VI1000 is the most compact member of the Vi-000 family—at just 86cm x 81cm (34 x 32-inches) in size—yet it retains all the mixing and processing power of its two larger siblings, the Vi2000 and 3000.
The Vi1000 is designed for live touring, music venue and corporate AV customer with applications where a compact and cost-effective console is required. Employing Soundcraft’s unique and intuitive Vistonics II channel strip user interface, together with FaderGlow, the console combines the operating principles and workflows from the Vi3000, 5000 and 7000 consoles with Soundcraft SpiderCore built-in DSP and I/O engine based on Studer technology, offering 40-bit floating point processing. The Vi1000 also comes into its own as an additional remote-control surface for any of the larger consoles in the range, using their mirroring feature.
In addition to gating and compression on all 96 channel paths, audio processing functionality includes the BSS DPR901ii dynamic EQ and Lexicon multi-effects via an insertable processing pool—plus the ability to insert up to 64 external devices. Studer vMIX automatic voice mixing is built-in and BSS 966 graphic EQs are available on all output buses.
The Vi1000 comes with rear panel local I/O featuring 16 HQ mic/line inputs, 16 line outputs, and two 64 channel expansion slots that allow up to two MADI-based stage boxes to be connected, or alternatively the slots provide access to an extensive range of D21m I/O option cards, that address all industry standard audio formats. Four channels of AES/EBU I/O plus USB and MIDI connections complete the back panel. The total I/O count of the console is 212 in x 212 out.
As is standard with all Vi000-series consoles, a built-in 64x64ch DanteTM/MADI interface provides direct recording/playback connection via Ethernet to any Windows or Mac-based recording software, or allows the Vi1000 to integrate into an existing Dante network. The associated optical MADI interface allows an alternate record feed to MADI-equipped storage devices or connection of the Soundcraft Realtime Rack plugin engine, adding the power of Universal Audio UADTM-powered plugins to the console’s expansive sonic palette.
The Vi1000’s built-in monitoring support for AKG, Shure and Sennheiser wireless microphone systems makes it easy to check battery power, RF levels and frequencies, plus audio level and clipping status of the attached wireless microphones—right on the channel strip that controls each mic.
Andy Brown, Soundcraft product manager, comments on the company’s new Vi1000, “The Vi1000 represents all that we’ve learned over the years with our Vi line and channels that knowledge and experience into a new desk that delivers superior audio performance and a world-class feature set—now delivered in the most compact form factor we’ve achieved so far.”
The new Soundcraft Vi1000 will be available in November.
